Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-16


on her stern the legend JOSE CASTRO,
of Puerta la Union, San Salvador
Now, boys you will see why have SO
strong an objection to going down to
the coast of Baja California. You
can't tell when you will get back,
once you are there, and as we have
only provisions and water on board
for a month, have no desire to risk
repetition of my Forty-nine expert
ence in that direction"
This settled the question, and not
voice was raised in favor of extending
our trip to Ensenada.
AS the pioneers yarn was long
one, and the night was well advanced
we all braced up with tailor's Thin
bleful, and then retired to a soft and
comfortable couch and pleasant
dreams.
At an early hour the next morning
we sighted Point Iona; but the wind
had died away and it was ten O'Clock
before we reached the entrance to San
Diego harbor. Here we took brac-
ing breeze that carried us finely
through the winding stretches of the
beautiful bay which is the pride of our
sister city. We may say, en- PEASANT,
that far out at sea we could discern the
mammoth hotel on Coronado Beach,
standing out conspiciously against the
clear sky At that distance it looked
like an immense mound raised upon a
| low belt of land but as we came
nearer, its outlines sharpened into
| the symmetrical form of Il great cas-
tellated structure. colossal in its pro-
portions. but light in its ARCHITECT
ural design. When the next day we
examined it at close range, we found
building covering five acres, unfn-
ished, but presenting the framework OF
what will be one of the most extensive
and most imposing caravansaries i'm
the United States.
SAN DIEGO.
As we had not visited San Diego
for seven years, we were prepared to
| find great changes, and SO we did.
Where, at our last visit, the principal
| business street presented but two or
three substantial buildings, we found
large numbers of them-some of
style of architecture and OF dimensions
that would do credit to our greatest
commercial capitals. Not only this,
but business had spread in all direc-
tions, and streets that were dead
seven wears ago are now adorned with
splendid brick blocks. We also found
handsome residences on the
aforetime bare hills back of
the town, and a very large
and conspicuous hotel-the Flor
ence-several blocks inland from the
old Horton House, which still -four
| ishes, and furnished us one OF the
very few familiar landmarks which
improvement and progress have left in
the city OF Bay and Climate. The city
front has been the scene Of marvellous
changes. New wharves have been
erected at many points, and the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
have built very large and substantial
pier out into deep water, where
vessels load and unload, and where a
ferry is established running every half
hour to Coronado Beach. We were
told that the railroad company were
building very large ferry-boat, upon
which tracks will be laid and Pull Imam
cars will be carried over to Coronado
Beach and the hotel. The company
| have also built verr fine and su bstan
tial depot near the waterfront and
have given every evidence, by their
lavish expenditure in permanent inn
provements, that they intend to
make San Diego one of their principal
detectives in Southern California. We
met many. old-time friends in San
Diego. Among these we had pleas
SAINT chat with Mr.. Bryant Howard,
President OF the principal bank there.
His faith in the brilliant outcome OF
his beloved city has always been
great, but we never heard him
talk more sanguinely of her
prospects than new, that she
is in the midst of prosperity which
would have appeared as the acme
OF the most am bilious hope when we
were there before. The dormant
energy of the old inhabitants has
awakened with the new prosperity
and outstrips even the business hordi-
esse of the new element. Both to-
gether are working wonders, and We
hear OF far-reaching schemes for
bringing water ad libitum to town; of
projects for irrigating the dry mesas;
of plans to connect interior towns and
valleys with each other and of pro-
grammes for building up the trade OF
| San Diego with q commerce beyond
sea. Some of these schemes have to
our present sight a dreamy and illu-
sive hue; but when we think of what
was, and see what is, we exchange
our petty prescience for a self-contained
modesty, and say: "Quien sabe?"
Time gives us wisdom. Let us wait
and learn"
HAPs AND MIsIIAPS.
During our day ashore we crossed
the ferry to Coronado Beach, inspec-
ted the mammoth hotel, wondered at
it's amplitude and admired its prom
Using architectural outlines, traced the
stage, proscenium and auditorium of
the theatre included within its walls,
wandered down to the airy and gon-
dola-like boat-house on the inner
| beach, and then mdlo suerte AS
sented to the proposition to take a
swim in the broad expanse of the
ocean stretching from the outer beach.
Having donned our bathing suit, we
rushed pell-mell into the breakers,
disported in the surf, turned aquatic
carracoles, foated on the crested waves
and diyed from the raft in the otfing.
1t was great sport, and greatly we en-
joyed it, until, at fatal moment, the
water being breast high, we ventured
to touch the bottom with one foot,
when, 10. the vicious stingaree,
lying latent where we trod, plunged
his malicious dagger into the side of
our great toe The stingaree and our
self lost no time in parting company
he oceanward; we landward. This
settled our fun. The kind lady who
presides over the bathing establish
ment produced bottle OF ammonia,
poured it into the wound and swathed
the member in linen. We had now
fully satisfied our curiosity about the
;mr,rovamanta on Coronado Beach, |